CHAPEL HILL J H

CHAPEL HILL J H is an intermediate school of intimate scale in TYLER, Texas, part of CHAPEL HILL ISD, teacheing 426 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 34% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

CHAPEL HILL J H is one of 8 schools operated by CHAPEL HILL ISD, a district that teaches 4,000 students overall.

On the student-mix side, CHAPEL HILL J H lists that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 19% White, 18% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, CHAPEL HILL J H reports 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting CHAPEL HILL J H tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 82% of students at CHAPEL HILL J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Smith County (around 64%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CHAPEL HILL J H performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.2%, the actual is 38.0%, a residual of -0.2 points.

Around the school, Smith County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,192, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Smith County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,385 students), of which CHAPEL HILL J H is one.

Nearest neighbor: CHAPEL HILL H S, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around CHAPEL HILL J H. On composite proficiency, CHAPEL HILL J H comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 43.0%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 47%: 799 students in 2018 compared to 426 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 33% to 19%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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